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D-Index
46
Citations
8587
World Ranking
6049
National Ranking
2189

Henry A. Ruhl publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Henry A. Ruhl sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 178 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Henry A. Ruhl D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Henry A. Ruhl sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Henry A. Ruhl is affiliated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Oceanography and related subfields.

The scientist's main fields of study encompass:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, the key subfields of study include:

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Chemistry

Henry A. Ruhl's work covers a range of topics, such as:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Towards improved monitoring of offshore carbon storage: A real-world field experiment detecting a controlled sub-seafloor CO2 release," 2021, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
  • "Automated classification of fauna in seabed photographs: The impact of training and validation dataset size, with considerations for the class imbalance," 2021, Progress In Oceanography
  • "Subtle variation in abyssal terrain induces significant change in benthic megafaunal abundance, diversity, and community structure," 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • "Observing Life in the Sea Using Environmental DNA," 2021, Oceanography

Frequently publishing venues associated with Henry A. Ruhl's work include:

  • Oceanography
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Marine Technology Society Journal
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, with the most frequent being:

  • Brian J. Bett
  • Jennifer M. Durden
  • Christine L. Huffard
  • Roberto Danovaro
  • Francisco P. Chávez

Best Publications

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs): Their past, present and future contributions to the advancement of marine geoscience

    Russell B. Wynn;Veerle A.I. Huvenne;Timothy P. Le Bas;Bramley J. Murton

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • Major impacts of climate change on deep-sea benthic ecosystems

    Andrew K. Sweetman;Andrew R. Thurber;Craig R. Smith;Lisa A. Levin

  • Shifts in Deep-Sea Community Structure Linked to Climate and Food Supply

    Henry A. Ruhl;Kenneth L. Smith

  • Free-drifting icebergs : Hot spots of chemical and biological enrichment in the weddell sea

    Kenneth L. Smith;Bruce H. Robison;John J. Helly;Ronald S. Kaufmann

  • Climate, carbon cycling, and deep-ocean ecosystems.

    K. L. Smith;H. A. Ruhl;B. J. Bett;D. S. M. Billett

  • Global Observing Needs in the Deep Ocean

    Lisa A. Levin;Brian J. Bett;Andrew R. Gates;Patrick Heimbach

  • Biotic and Human Vulnerability to Projected Changes in Ocean Biogeochemistry over the 21st Century

    Camilo Mora;Chih Lin Wei;Audrey Rollo;Teresa Amaro

  • Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

    Roberto Danovaro;Emanuela Fanelli;Jacopo Aguzzi;David Billett

  • Global reductions in seafloor biomass in response to climate change

    Daniel O.B. Jones;Andrew Yool;Chih-Lin Wei;Stephanie A. Henson

  • Temporal change in deep-sea benthic ecosystems: a review of the evidence from recent time-series studies

    A. G. Glover;A. J. Gooday;D. M. Bailey;D. S. M. Billett

  • Connections between climate, food limitation, and carbon cycling in abyssal sediment communities

    Henry A. Ruhl;Jacob A. Ellena;Kenneth L. Smith

  • The distribution of benthic biomass in hadal trenches: a modelling approach to investigate the effect of vertical and lateral organic matter transport to the seafloor

    Matteo C. Ichino;Matteo C. Ichino;Malcolm R. Clark;Jeffrey C. Drazen;Alan Jamieson

  • ABUNDANCE AND SIZE DISTRIBUTION DYNAMICS OF ABYSSAL EPIBENTHIC MEGAFAUNA IN THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC

    Henry A. Ruhl

  • Abyssal hills - hidden source of increased habitat heterogeneity, benthic megafaunal biomass and diversity in the deep sea

    Jennifer M. Durden;Brian J. Bett;Daniel O.B. Jones;Veerle A.I. Huvenne

  • Deep ocean communities impacted by changing climate over 24 y in the abyssal northeast Pacific Ocean

    Kenneth L. Smith;Henry A. Ruhl;Mati Kahru;Christine L. Huffard

  • Perspectives in visual imaging for marine biology and ecology: from acquisition to understanding

    Jennifer M. Durden;Timm Schoening;Franziska Althaus;Ariell Friedman

  • Episodic organic carbon fluxes from surface ocean to abyssal depths during long-term monitoring in NE Pacific.

    Kenneth L. Smith;Henry A. Ruhl;Christine L. Huffard;Monique Messié

  • Large salp bloom export from the upper ocean and benthic community response in the abyssal northeast Pacific: Day to week resolution

    K. L. Smith;A. D. Sherman;C. L. Huffard;P. R. McGill

  • A new method for ecological surveying of the abyss using autonomous underwater vehicle photography

    Kirsty J. Morris;Brian J. Bett;Jennifer M. Durden;Veerle A.I. Huvenne

  • Societal need for improved understanding of climate change, anthropogenic impacts, and geo-hazard warning drive development of ocean observatories in European Seas

    Henry A. Ruhl;Michel André;Laura Beranzoli;M. Namik Çağatay

  • Climate effect on food supply to depths greater than 4,000 meters in the northeast Pacific

    K.L. Smith;R.J. Baldwin;H.A. Ruhl;M. Kahru

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth L. Smith
Kenneth L. Smith Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Brian J. Bett
Brian J. Bett National Oceanography Centre
Daniel O.B. Jones
Daniel O.B. Jones National Oceanography Centre
Imants G. Priede
Imants G. Priede University of Aberdeen
David S.M. Billett
David S.M. Billett National Oceanography Centre
Gilbert T. Rowe
Gilbert T. Rowe Texas A&M University
Mathilde Cannat
Mathilde Cannat Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Richard S. Lampitt
Richard S. Lampitt National Oceanography Centre
Lisa A. Levin
Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego
Per O.J. Hall
Per O.J. Hall University of Gothenburg

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